Attempt and Wish

Attempt

Attempt verb - To make an effort to do.

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Wish and attempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wish" instead a verb "Attempt".

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Wish verb - To offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable.

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Attempt and wish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a verb "Wish".

Nearby Words: wished, wishful, wishing, wishfully, wisher

good	good attempt	good wish
original	original attempt	original wish
initial	initial attempt	initial wish
genuine	genuine attempt	genuine wish
Other adjectives: single, actual, real, little, bad, new, possible, final, desperate, apparent, twisted, misguided, next, last, failed, earlier, previous.

life	attempt life	wish life
people	attempt people	wish people
kind	attempt kind	wish kind
job	attempt job	wish job
Other words: form, number, murder, time, game, nothing, war, times, whom.

Taken for Granite: Murray's attempt to grant Anabel's wish at Central Park results in Oliver being turned into a statue, Duchess being turned into a mouse, and a carriage being turned into a pumpkin.

Source: Film / A Simple Wish
They eventually released an Extended Cut that tried to cudgel most of it into making at least narrative (although not scientific) sense, presumably as an attempt to synthesise a wish that they hadn't made the first wish.

Source: Be Careful What You Wish For
They have no choice but to grant his wish, making Timmy the Enforcer after Wanda's attempt to force one on him.

Source: Aesop Enforcer

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